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Yesterday on July 29, 2012, tens of thousand Hong Kong people took to the streets to protest against the brainwashing nature of the curriculum. Despite warnings of extremely hot weather, many parents brought their babies along. Below is a selection of yesterday's rally photos, all with permission to use:

The Banner of one of the major organizing bodies, Scholarism. It reads: “Withdraw the red brainwashing curriculum; Chinese Communist Party members should not be the writers”. Photo taken by Josephine Tsang.

Protesters gathered outside the government headquarters with their banner against communist brainwashing curriculum. Photo by Josephine Tsang.

Father rallying with his daughter. Photo taken by Tigerątko Kao

A father is feeding his new born baby during the rally. Photo taken by Benson Tsang.

The rally organizers said that approximately 90 thousand citizens participated in the protest. The photo shows the gathering at a corner of Victoria Park. Photo taken by Benson Tsang

The wooden placard states: Revolution education is so powerful. The party is your grandpa and mother. You give everything to the party. The party sends their own offspring to the U.S and Canada. Photo taken by Benson Tsang.

The protest balloon signifies “hope for the future” in the rally. Photo by Benson Tsang.

The protester wore a washing machine on his head with the Chinese national flag banner in his hand: Forced to be Patriotic? Photo by Twitter user JaJia

Primary school child protester says: “No more brain washing. The brain will breakdown!” Photo taken by inmediahk.net

The people of Hong Kong seemed remarkably content under the dictatorial British regime. Now, with their prosperity and access to democracy vastly improved under the CCP, they’re complaining?
There’s no pleasing some people.

Frankie Leung

Why did H K people under the British colonial rule seem happier than under China? First, although the British did not give democracy to H K, yet British government understood the concept of good government: rule of law, clean government and law and order. Under the Chinese system, they reject the checks and balances of a civil society and encourages lack of transparency and therefore corruption. Second, most of the H K people are descendants of if not they are escapees from China. They prefer a life style different from the Mainland’s. Thirdly, China promised One Country Two Systems, and H K people govern H K. It seems these promises are being obliterated.